I got my monitor, can't test it yet but the screen looks great... the bezels are indeed large, and the stand is terrible. I caught my monitor in mid air when it fell off my desk thank god (note it was on it for 5-6 minutes and there was no movement really) you really got to fight to make the stand work and balance properly... movement makes the screen shake like crazy. Just make the stand extend completely and you should be fine if you don't touch it too much.

look for monitors claiming 1.07 billion colours..they are out there, and do cost a fair bit more than other IPS-based monitors. The perfect example of this is Dell's 24-inch IPS monitors, one of which costs like $400, the other $600.

look for monitors claiming 1.07 billion colours..they are out there, and do cost a fair bit more than other IPS-based monitors. The perfect example of this is Dell's 24-inch IPS monitors, one of which costs like $400, the other $600.

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I see S-IPS panels claiming that. Also, I see that both the Dell U2711 and the U3011 claim that, but the U2711 only claims "96% Adobe RGB coverage" while the U3011 claims "99% Adobe RGB coverage". On Newegg, neither specify S or P.

"P" usually refers to a different type of IPS, with a horizontal matrix instead of vertical. This horizontal matrix allows of tighter weaving of the matrix, and allows for the extra colours.

"S" = Super, for higher refresh than original IPS panels(the older dell monitors that were knocked for bad refresh rates had original IPS panels, then Dell switched to S-IPS without any fanfare in the same product lines(simple revision numbers indicate the panel change), and no-one really knew, well, except those that bought the panels and found the claims of high refresh to not be true).

True P-IPS panels will have 1.07 billion colours, but are probably sometimes rated for lower coverage of Adobe specs due to backlight technology. S-IPS also has a subset of Advanced S-IPS that has better colour than "traditional" S-IPS, too, so distinguishing between these two can only be done if you know the panel maker, and the panel model, but the number of colours is a good indicator, as 16.7 million to 1.07 billion is nearly 7x the colour possibilities, and as such, most "S-IPS" panels, as I refer to them, are not capable of such colours no matter what backlight technology is used.

Got a total nebbieeeee question, if the native resolution of this montor is 2560x1440, and blu ray is 1920x1080, will i be able to watch blu rays in 2550x1440 ? and will they look weird, or just look killer.

I know this has a 16:9 aspect ratio, so it should look the same as far as filling the screen ?

"P" usually refers to a different type of IPS, with a horizontal matrix instead of vertical. This horizontal matrix allows of tighter weaving of the matrix, and allows for the extra colours.

"S" = Super, for higher refresh than original IPS panels(the older dell monitors that were knocked for bad refresh rates had original IPS panels, then Dell switched to S-IPS without any fanfare in the same product lines(simple revision numbers indicate the panel change), and no-one really knew, well, except those that bought the panels and found the claims of high refresh to not be true).

True P-IPS panels will have 1.07 billion colours, but are probably sometimes rated for lower coverage of Adobe specs due to backlight technology. S-IPS also has a subset of Advanced S-IPS that has better colour than "traditional" S-IPS, too, so distinguishing between these two can only be done if you know the panel maker, and the panel model, but the number of colours is a good indicator, as 16.7 million to 1.07 billion is nearly 7x the colour possibilities, and as such, most "S-IPS" panels, as I refer to them, are not capable of such colours no matter what backlight technology is used.

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Ah, I see. Thanks for the explanation. Damn, I wish I could justify going all out and getting a super high-end NEC monitor. Chances are though, I probably won't be getting anything soon.

Got a total nebbieeeee question, if the native resolution of this montor is 2560x1440, and blu ray is 1920x1080, will i be able to watch blu rays in 2550x1440 ? and will they look weird, or just look killer.

I know this has a 16:9 aspect ratio, so it should look the same as far as filling the screen ?

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Yeah, they'll look fine, it'll "stretch" to fill the screen and there won't be any borders on the side or top.

Got a total nebbieeeee question, if the native resolution of this montor is 2560x1440, and blu ray is 1920x1080, will i be able to watch blu rays in 2550x1440 ? and will they look weird, or just look killer.

I know this has a 16:9 aspect ratio, so it should look the same as far as filling the screen ?